Competition among plant species that interact with their environment at different spatial scales

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 275, Issue 1645, 2008, Pages 1897-1906

  Golubski, Antonio J ^a   Gross, Katherine L ^a   Mittelbach, Gary G ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Clonal integration; Consumer resource feedback; Heterogeneity; Resource competition; Resource ratio theory; Spatial scale

Indexed keywords

CLONE; COEXISTENCE; ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECT; HETEROGENEITY; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; PATCH DYNAMICS; PLANT COMMUNITY;

ARTICLE; COMPETITION; CONSUMER; FORAGING; HABITAT PATCHINESS; HABITAT QUALITY; NONHUMAN; PLANT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECIES COEXISTENCE;

EID: 46249088409     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2008.0272     Document Type: Article

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